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Delete all partitions on that 3TB drive (after copying any data on it to another drive), initialise your disk as GPT , create volumes and format. More than 2TB HDDs need to be GPT drives. MBR disks can see only 2 TB which is the limit.

Cannot allocate my 3tb hard drive

windows wont allocate drive letter to external drivehi there,
i just bought a preowned Seagate Freeagent Goflex,when i plugged it into my usb port windows installed the driver,but when i click on my computer it dosnt show though in disk management it is listed and online,i also have enabled automount and changed it from dynamic to basic.
Im not...

Hardware & Devices

disk management, how do i allocate more drive spacehi sorry to bother you i recently installed win7 ultimate x64 and wondering why there is a non labelled partition with over 100 gig ,the thing is i had a mate fit this hd in for me and said he had to dos format it or something im not sure what he did as im not a techy person i know he said he...

General Discussion

Need to allocate more space to C driveMy girlfriend came to me saying she was trying to do something on her windows 7 computer and it said she had no space to complete or something. I have never owned a windows computer so I am a little rusty on the subject. Looking at her computer she has 58 GB on her C drive and a little under 400...

General Discussion

I cant seem to allocate more partition space to C driveI am trying to allocate space to the C drive on the netbook I just bought. This netbook comes Windows 7 Starter edition as well as as a very annoying partition on the hard drive.
The hard drive on this netbook is divided into 2 different partitions. C and D.
I went into the administrative...

Performance & Maintenance

Can't allocate drive letterHi
Posted this on Vista Forums but nor reply as yet. I think any reply regarding 7 would probably work for Vista anyway.
I have Vista Home Premium and am running as administrator. I have a portable device attached via USB. It is connected fine and Windows Explorer can see it but has not...